what is making this investigation even more difficult this morning. we are keeping an eye on hurricane bill and an update on the storm's track and we'll tell if you it will have an impact on our weather here at home. a major move to turn the seem around no the washington nationals. deal tails on their deal with the noverall draft pick in the country. fox 5 morning news continues right now. there is a live look at our nation's capitol. get an update on our weather in just a second. we are fllg owoina .lo houo story at this police are looking for the person who shot inside a home in southeast washington. the bullets hit a 1-year-old girl. the bullets flew through the back window of a home on frederick douglas place southeast. the bullet stuck a young girl in the back. she was treated and released

from a hospital. busy morning for you guys once again keeping an eye on things here and afar. >> luckily, things have calmed down from where they were yesterday when we had a tropical storm hitting the coast. that has dissipated. this morning, hurricane bill, it is well out to sea. the good thing about this image is it does include a pretty good amount ofthe atlantic thocean aan y cou see bill is nowhere near us so we're in thec going to worry about that at s point. we do have clouds in over u u this morning so willbe a mix of clouds and sun again today similar to yesterday. current temperatures at the area airports, reagan national, 75 degrees. i will tell you it is a warm, muggy morning. you do feel it this morning. dulles international at 73 degrees. bwi at 72 degrees. partly l.i.e. sunny skies. scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. you could get a about the of a downpour if you get one of

those thunderstorms later on today. high about 91 degrees. more details on all of that coming up. >> let's look at traffic out there this morning. >> outer loop of the beltway at the bw parkway. that is where we received word of debris if the road and several callers with flat tires. that is on the outer loop of the beltway as you try to work your way around 295 the baltimore-washington parkway. as you continue a little further west as you approach university boulevard, fellow changing a flat tire in the heat, poor guy. he is blocking a left lane. all of the leap here are open. no accidents to report if you are traveling northbound i-95 from woodbridge headed up towards the capital beltway. they are checking nond i-95 for an accident. from this camera angle north of 4, still appears you are at

speed working your way up northwards towards the occoquan. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. we have breaking news out of afghanistan this morning. rockets have hit the presidential palace in kabul. no one was hurt. the blast comes just two days before afghans go to the polls to elect country's president. it is unclear if the current president was in the palace at the time. president obama and former president bill clinton will meet at the white house later today. they will talk about mr. light's trip to north korea where he secured the release of two american journalists earlier this month. president obama will also meet with secretary of state hillary clinton and the egyptian president. another big story we're following this morning, 130 million credit and debit account numbers compromised. the biggest id theft in history and the guy charged in this case used to be a government informant. 28-year-old albert gonzales used to help the secret service hunt down hackers.

>> now, he is accused of conspiring with two other people if the largest crime of its kind. investigator say the three accessed account information of customers at 7-eleven and heartland payment systems. it is difficult at this point to know how many customers were affected. >> gonzales is already in jail waiting trial in another hacking case. he is accused of heading up the plot that netted the accounted numbers of 40 million credit cards. take ago i look at this morning's other stories, a fort of farr was shot and killed in the district. he died in an alley on first street northwest just one block from his home. his mother said he was a dedicated father. the murder has puzzled police an they have yet to release a motive. manufacturing issues have the u.s. health officials anticipating a delay in

millions of doses of the swine flu vaccine when it becomes available in october. a spokes machine for health and human services says the agency is now expecting 45 million doses instead of the 120 million doses first expected. officials in virginia are trying to calm fears about the swine flu. governor kaine says the health department is expanding its call center to handle questions about the h1n1 virus during state business hours. you can call the toll-free number. it is 877-275-8343 or can you send an. mail to the health department web site. there is a link on our web site, myfoxdc.com. big news for the washington nationals who have nabbed the naibs' overall draft pick. late last night, the team agreed to a record $15.1 million deal plus incentives with steven strasburg over four

seasons. he comes from staying state. the star pitcher went 13-1 last season. a quick reminder about the traffic alert for the beltway in virginia. it is part of the hot lanes construction project in the tysons corner area. v-d.o.t. has shut down exit 46 b, ramp from the outer loop to 123 north. it will be closed for nearly what you have to do is use exit 45 b instead. that is the dulles access road. look for the exit on the left side of the interstate. detour signs have been posted. and coming up income here, we want you to stop whatever you are doing and come take a look at your television screen actually man way rifle strapped across his back standing right outside president obama's recent stop in phoenix and this man wasn't working security. >> we'll tell what you he was doing and why it is legal. that is coming up. a 

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former south korean president and nobel peace prize winner kim dae jong has died. he was best known for his efforts to reconcile with communist north creigh a he was 85 years old. a weapon wielding crowd protested outside president obama's speech to veterans in phoenix but no laws were broken. police were on hand as about a dozen people carrying weapons including a man with an assault rifle led a peaceful demonstration. a law enforcement official said they were exercising their right to bear arms. arizona has a concealed right to carry law that allows citizens with permits to openly care question weapons. today mark the 40th anniversary of hurricane camille. the category five storm made

landfall in the mississippi gulf coast on this day in 1969 with 190-mile per hour wind. camille brought mass destruction and deadly flooding along the gulf coast, the blue ridge and the mid-atlantic. 259 people were were killed. a lot of those people were in virginia. coming up next, tony has the latest track on hurricane bill. also ahead, dirty money. >> what i turning up on cash across the nation that may make you open your wallet. we'll tell you about that. (announcer) it's time to raise the bar and replace your old mayo

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before a heads up if you live in d.c. as residential trash and recycling pickup will be an hour earlier this week today through friday. that is because of the heat and bad air quality. you can put your garbage outside at 6:00 p.m. the night before if you don't feel like getting up so early to go outside. this may be my favorite story of the day. a police officer in new jersey was just trying to clean up the streets when it urns out she was actually putting bob dylan in her car. she didn't dylan when he told

her who he was. neither did a police sergeant. the officer and dylan finally met his tour bus where his manager verified he was the legendary musician and showed police dylan's identification. you can't judge somebody by the way they look but he can look a little rough. sometimes. >> the woman called in a disheveled looking man. >> that would be dylan. >> poor bob. >> he has looked the same for years. >> it s fascinating to see how he changed over the years. funny. >> i don't think he is too much of a fan of her right now. >> she may be a character in one of his songs coming up. you guys were talking about bill, hurricane bill. well, we'll show you the latest on bill, the latest images of bill. they are all radar images at this point. the latest info on bill with respect dated not that long

ago. it is a well-organized storm. take a look. you notice the eye developing. yep, right in the middle there getting to see an eye wall start to build up. there you go. there is bill. it is now a category two hurricane, maximum sustained winds at 100 miles per hour. it is moving to the west- northwest at 17 miles per hour. this is guadalupe that you see here. folk if bermuda are paying close attention to bill because they want to see where it will go. let's show you the projected path of bill as we go to our graphic. this was issued by the national hurricane center. it can change. it can be anywhere within this cone. by the later part of this weekend, it does skirt past bermuda and heads towards the northeast or new england. right now, this would be late into the weekend or the beginning of the next workweek. it remains to be seen just how fast the system moves and how

close to land it gets. we do know it will impact the east coast by bringing us heavy and rough surf. here are the current temperatures around the region. we are at 74 degrees here in washington. 7 # at dulles. winchester, virginia is at 67 degrees. patuxent naval air station, coming in at 73 egrees. satellite-radar picture for our own area, we do have -- well, again, our radar wants to go to the gulf to show you the remnants of claudette. again, a lot of moisture out there in the atmosphere associated with claudette. we could see some of that associated with the daytime heating in advance of a cold front coming in here. today, partly sunny skies, scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. high about 91 degrees. your five-day forecast, more of the same. tomorrow, 90 for your high. chance of scattered showers and

thunderstorms. same for thursday, friday, saturday, we'll be in the 80s then. let's get more from julie wright. >> honey you got it easy today. you try saying the same thing over and over again. >> i do. 270, it's stacked p gentleman you're right. we're in the same boat. >> yeah, you know? unfortunately my end is a -- we're out on the roads this morning. right here, 108 at new hampshire avenue. they've got a barricade situation is whatter they're telling us. police activity out here in the roadway. we know the traffic is being forced to make that right turn onto westbound 108. that is southbound new hampshire avenue. you can see traffic coming southbound under police direct is forced to turn onto westbound 108. activity in in area in the shopping center over near the sandy spring bank as well. not too much of a delay at this tomorrow but something to watch out for if this is normally

your trip into work. new hampshire avenue at 8 for the police activity. northbound i-95, heavy and steady right new on the main line as you work your way through woodbridge headed up towards lorton. all of your lanes are open. no incidents to report in the hov lanes. traffic runs steadery up through springfield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. -- traffic runs steady up through springfield. fewer people are riding metro since june's deadly collision. metrorail ridership developed by 2.3% in july. metrobus ridership dropped by 4%. overall, ridership was expected to go by at least 3% this year. right now, metro is not sure if the deadly train accident on june 22nd is affecting rider confidence or if it is just another sign of the troubled economy. most of us could be holding drug upony. no joke. a new study finds 90% of u.s. bills have trace amounts of cocaine. it is even worse in the nation's capital where 95% of bills in the district tested positive. overall, about a 0% jump frp a

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drops we've seen. dow few you ares are up slightly. up about 55 points so far. we'll keep an eye on that as the morning progresses. new rules for red its card companies that go into effect this week. you may have already noticed the changes. incident rhett rate hikes shrinking, some cards getting canceled. melanie alnwick with what you need to know. >> reporter: consumers finding credit less available and more expensive. matt ellis got a letter from american express saying interest rates and late penalties are going up. >> the sigalert explained that they are a business too and they have to make money but you know what, i'll have to deal with it. >> reporter: consumer web site billthat rink.com looked at cards offered by 1 companies and found interest rates on purchases are up nearly 20% from this janua. >> they are trying to amass cash and make as much money as they can before they can't. >> reporter: creeping credit card reforms were signed into law in may.

first wave of new rules begins thursday. card issuers will have to give 21 days notice before a bill is due and 45 das notice of haining interest rates. consumers will also have the right to cancel before the new rate goes into effect. eleven more restriction take effect in february 2010 including no fees to pay by mail, phone or electronic transfer. limits on overdraft fees and limits on cards to underaged consumers. the new rules have fundamentally changes the credit card business says the american bankers association. that plus the tanking economy has caused some card issuers to reduce credit limits and reward programs or cancel cards altogether. >> losing some fixed rate card offers but on the other hand gaining an enormous number of consumer protections is i think a net win-win for consumers. >> reporter: the aba says consumers can expect a lot of changes as lenders experiment with new formulas.

tamika robinson doesn't worry about t she is credit card and carefree. >> it is not as hard as some people may think. if you know how to budget, you'll be fine. >> what to you do if you get an interest rate hike notice? if it comes after thursday, can you tea klein the rate hike and pay your balance at the old interest rate but you do have to cancel the card within 45 days. billshrink says there are pretty good card offers out there but they are not as abundant as they used to. you do nd good credit to qualify. a 1-year-old girl shot in the district early this morning. sarah simmons is working that story. >> reporter: that 13-year-old shot in the back after shots were fired through a window. i'll have the latest on her condition and the investigation coming up when fox 5 morning muse returns.

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back now with a check of today's top stories for you. a 13-year-old girl has left the hospital after a scary night. a bullet went through a home's window and struck her in the back. it happened early this morning on frederick douglas place in southeast washington. police say the 13-year-old is expected to be okay. we are leaing more about a violent weekend. ryan cole hundred was st while he rode his bike. he was just one block from froms his doorstep when he was shot. bill is now a category two

storm. it is expected to grow stronger possibly moving near bermuda by the end of the week. we'll keep following this and get the latest from tony in just a few minutes. washington nationals have nabbed the nation's number one overall draft pick. they agreed it a deal with steven strasburg. the ont is over four seasons. the star pitcher went 13-1 last season. we cannot promise you a multimillion dollar contract but we can help you with your job search. tune in tomorrow starting at #:00 p.m. a.m. for r ououj shop phone bank we'll have experts on hand to answer all your questions about getting started on a few career path in these times. our web site is a great resource too because we post job openings on our web site and also people looking -- employers looking for employees. good place to go. >> what is going on with the

weather? >> not much. a warm start to the day. muggy conditions with humidity levels rather high. let's look identity satellite- radar. it hooks similar to yesterday morning, a mixed bag of some clouds and some sunshine jout ouertheras well. it is going to be that way throughout the day today. there is more moisture in the atmosphere. out to the we, yosee a couple of those green spots. some rainfall associated with the remnants of tropical storm claudette as a matter of fact. and there is a pretty good amount of moisture. we could have rain showers later on. right now, it is 74 degrees. humidity, 79%. wind are out of the south. your day planner for today, a mix of clouds and sun. we'll call it a partly sunny day. could see some scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. high today into the low 90s. that is a look at what is happening with the weather n 15 minutes, we return to ask the

weather guy. we delayed it from yesterday due to the hurricane news. and we've get it for you today. and it is a question kind of about the weather. >> kind of. >> kind of. >> i'm going to quiz you two as well. >> oh, no. where just one question. >> that is coming up in a few minutes. first, here is julie wright with a look at your traffic. >> and no looking on each other's papers. >> we don't have any papers. >> no looking on each other's teleprompter. for tony p., you popped up this camera. i think he will like it. it is traffic and weather together. nice shot of the capitol in the background. you can see the haze here. can you see the gw parkways you travel freely in each direction headed gown down towards old town alexandria. traffic is running at speed in each direction right now.

now, we're getting busy. here we are live 66 eastbound leaving 50 fair oaks continuing in towards 123. we are heavy, slow and steady headed into vienna. more delays after nutley street headed into industry antia. all of your lanes are open. it is new hampshire avenue at 108 that remains closed off as you can see here with the police activity. they tell us it is a barricade situation that has northbound traffic blocked off. some traffic coming southbound is able to make the right turn and head weston 108. it appears that we do have a barricade situation here. there is police activity. very light traffic volume at this time but if this is your trip into work, you want to think of alternates right now headed down towards 495 and the capital beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. a developing story now, a shooting in southeast washington and the victim is only 13 years old. >> the police are u looking for the pen would pulled the

trigger. the shooting happened early this morning on frederick douglas place southeast and sarah simmons has been following it for us. she is joining us live from the scene. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you certainly wouldn't know there was a shooting here earlier this morning. it is very quiet here in the neighborhood right now. but police do tell us that shots were fired here on frederick douglas place here in southeast and that a young girl, a 13-year-old was acally shot in the back through a window here at this home back here. now, this all unfolded at about 12:30 this morning. police are not sure of the motive behind the shooting at this point. but detectiv were out here on the scene continuously for several hours with k-9s out here searching for a possible suspect. police say that several shots were fired into the side of the house and several bullet holes are visible on the outside of the the house. we do understand police tell us that the 13-year-old was hit at least once. it is unclear who the target was at this point but police say the good news out of this

this morning is that the young girl, the 13-year-old was treated and released. we did just also talk with a neighbor who came out and told us he did not hear last night's gunshots but said he did hear gunfire in the neighborhood yesterday so that is something that police will be looking into. again being good news this morning. the girl has been treated and released solve the a fairfax county wrestling coach is waking up behind bars this morning charged with soliciting sex from a child. authorities say gare d -- devriel thought he was talking to a young girl. onthan bradley is dressed like a woman and police say he

stole an expensive chanel dress from the saks store last month. and now to a real estate scam in prince george's county. leon coleman was sentenced to 12 years in prison. the self-described home om developer sold nearly a dozen families individual lots along lighthouse road in upper marlboro with the promise of building their dream home but he never built the home he promised and pocketed the money instead. at least one family was forced into bankruptcy. he was convicted of 16 counts of theft and other violations. coming up next t could be the strongest weapon in the fight against swine flu this fall. now, those on the front lines in health care could be facing another challenge, forced to deal with fewer vaccines than they originally thought they would have. 

coted making headlines this morning, one week sip the disappearance of a disabled child. they are looking for dasani campbell. his father left him in a car outside the store where his mother works. the man says he wanted to unlock the doors to make it easier for the boy to get inside. when he turned around, the little boy was gone. the obama administering is apologizing for any unwanted messages in your inbox. this is after a recent e-mail circulated urging support for the president's health overhaul plan. they are aing that some groups outside the white house had signed up their members to receive regular updates about president obama's project priority and speeches. the white house does not send unlichted e-mail. now to a possible set back in preparation for the swine flu. >> the government now says there will be a delay in getting a vaccine today public. first vaccine shipment that was supposed to be available by mid october will be millions of doses short.

ainsley earhart reports. with children going back to school, health officials warn they expect to see an uptick in the swine flu. >> we are hoping to institutions of higher education offer to the opportunity for spread and we have to watch it. >> reporter: to make matters worse, federal officials are now saying there will be a delay in getting a swine flu vac even out to the general public. government wanted 10 million doses ready by mid-october but that is not going to happen. they are look at about 45 million tosss instead. following that initial delivery, officials expect to deliver an additional 0 million doses a week until the goal of 195 million doses is fully realized. on the state level, health officials are saying all the chip will be in place to better protect american this disease the vaccine is available. >> i think we're diagnose a great job at getting ready. >> reporter: those considered it be in the highest risk group are expected to receive a swine flu vaccination first ong with school aged children, that

group includes pregnant women and health care workers. young adults with condions scwuch as asthma are also at the top of the list. doctors are finding that adults over the age of 60 could potentially be partially immune from the h1n1 virus. scientists theorize there could have been some type of exposure to the disease perhaps back in the 50s when swine was prevalent. in the meantime, officials are stressing that seniors not waste time in getting their seasonal flu shots. those inoculations have already begun in parts of the country. in new york, ainsley earhart, fox news. the swine flu vaccine won't be available until after school starts so it is not on the list of required vaccinations for school aged children but many others are. coming up at 8:00, we'll run through what shots parments should make sure their children have before they go back to school and we'll take a look at whether or not there are options for parents with safety concerns about vaccinations. tony is back with another check on our weather now. bi we start wi rr e huanic hurricane bill, well out to sea. it is fairly closeo south america but it will take a turn

away from south america. here is a look at bill. while you slept, it became a category two hurricane. south america right down there. so not far away. gude lawn just out to the west. i shouldn't say just west. it is still not near guadalupe. it is moving west-northwest about 17 miles per hour and it is expected to continue to take that turn towards the north. let's take a look at the regional temperatures here in our part of the the world. 74degrees in washington. 80degrees right now in new york city. they are ahe get sfoaght a warm one. roanoke, 69 degrees and if cape hatteras, it is 75 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the radar for the eastern united states. now, i mentioned earlier the moisture with claudette. here is some of it. it doesn't look anything like when it made landfall in

florida. but as the dray dei progresses and we get more heat, we could see some of that intensify and move into portions of the mid- atlantic region as well. forecast for washington for today looks like this. partly sunny skies, some scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. if those thunderstorms are able to tap into that moisture, we could see some heavy downpours here and there. 91degrees for your high. five-day forecast, read it and -- i don't want it sigh read it and weep. it is more of the same. our highs around 90 degrees. every day a mix of clouds and sun, every day a chance of showers and thunderstorms. finally, we get some quote be unquote cooler air in here in time for the weekend. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. it is now time for ask the weather guy. yes, ladies and gentlemen, the most popular second-degree innocentment in local television where tuck are bawrndz and i put our big heads together to -- where tucker

barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions. this is from martin allen. he writes where does the term under the weather come from. we often hear it when referring to someone who is feeling sick. since the weather come from up above, aren't we all under the weather all of the time? starting get philosophical there. aren't we all under the weather, martin. do either of you have a guess as to where the expression comes from. >> you hay little bit of a clue here when i saw a sailing ship. that was right leer on my page. i'll let you explain but i do have a pretty good guess. >> i have no idea. >> thnk you, steve. it comes -- tucker, do you know? >> no, i don't actually. take a look. the term is an old term that comes from british sailing. and here is what the deal is. we have a picture of a british

sailing ship. we have no where had ifthis is the picture it was refurring to. >> that is i nice ship. >> that is a clipper ship. >> the phrase under the weather according to medicinenet.com came from british sailing ships when a sailor became ill, he was con finded below deck out of the weather. eventually, they just took to saying he is under the weather. that is where it came from. >> i thought it had to do with just the ship being under -- >> a barrage of weather. >> no, then you are wrong. >> it's good question. thank you very much for sending that one in. it was a simple one today. if you have a question, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. we do have standing on deck a bunch of relate lay good questions we'll get to. >> i heard a heedian say one time well so and so is out under the weather. why don't they just say julie

has pmt today and she will not be in. just tell the truth. >> that is a good direction. >> okay. julie wright, where are you? >> before we get to julie. i would like to leave the set. good-bye. >> you know -- wow! that is a lot different than the question. because i got asked what does it mean when you're dancing on tables. that was pie question for the day. >> this show has gone downhill quickly so just get to the traffic. >> and gurvir started it. >> i did and i'm sorry. >> here we go. out on the roads, we to have lanes open if you are traveling the top stretch of the eltway. inner loop between an an del anmerrifield still at speed right now but this is a live shot of 395 north. these two cars have been moved over to the left shoulder. they were tying up the right side of the highway so they are

off the road to the shoulder at this point as you travel on i- 95. they are there and this is the delays as you continue north of the beltway trying to continue up towards duke street and headed out towards seminary road. the story in montgomery county is going to be new hampshire avenue at 108. we do find a portion of that roadway blocked. right now, new hampshire avenue between 108 and adenour road. some traffic from time to time is able to get through but police are encouraging you to avoid this area along 650 and 108. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. these are live pictures from our chopper right now in damascus, maryland where firefighters are trying to get a handle on self fires actually in that area. these are hay bale fires that they're working. >> a couple of them and they

obviously believe these were intentionally set. police are looking for whomever may have set the fires. >> don't foe if that will impact traffic but we'll find out from julie coming up shortly. let's look at what is coming up. >> at 7:00, you bought the book bag, the lunch box and all gear but even the most prepared parent could republican 199roadblock when it is time to come back to class if your children's immunization records are not up to date. we'll look at the laws in the district, maryland and virginia. coming up at 8:00, this a virginia-based band on the road to the big time. you may have already heard the band parachute on shows like 90210 and one tree hill. this morning, you will hear them perform live here on fox 5 morning news. they will stop by our studio in our 8:00 hour. fox 5 is on call this morning with the reason why the parents of short children can rest a little bit easier. a new study published in

pediatrics shows that short children reported slightly higher levels of being victimized or teased by their peers but no difference in depreciation, behavioral problems or popularity. researchers analyzed the data of sixth graders. a new study about baby boomers an binge drinking, a new study found 2 #% of men and 9% of women or downing five or more drinks at a time. problem is baby boomers face more health risks than the younger counterparts. u.s. army is expanding its basic training to emotional resiliency. the first of its kind program is meant to improve combat performance and head off mental health problems like depression, post traumatic disorder and suicide. the new training kick off at two bases in october and then it will be gradually phased in thughout the service. he plays the guitar, rides a motorcycle and not afraid to show his sense of humor.

>> dr. francis collin the new director of the national institutes of health is all of those. >> i have now been the nu. nih director for exactly five hours. >> reporter: with that, dr. francis collins launched what he hopes will be a new era of science exploration by the united states. this is the man would led the human genome project which mapped human dna ahead of scheduled and under budget and it is that b word, budget, that he claims is already disrupting his sleep. he insists scientific research must be well funded beyond 2010. >> it is certainly a circumstance where we're raising our hand saying there is a need here, we can meet it. >> reporter: he says the key to curing cancer and understanding autism can be found by american scientists so he vows to fight for more funding and this man is well skilled at holding an

audience's attention. note the double helix is a highway. >> reporter: this ph.d. come pros music for commencement speeches. he rides motorcycles and hopes he can win support if his agency by making nih scientific research more user friendly. >> maybe i should start tweeting. we have a lot of cool stuff going on. we don't necessariltell the world about it as often or as effectively as we should. >> reporter: collins out authored the language of god and founded a company to help reconcile conflicting views between science and religion. >> i want to reassure everody that this is not going to be a problem. and anybody would worked wit me in the course of the human genome project i think could tell the worried people that that was in the an issue. >> reporter: dr. collin has left the company he founded last year if an effort to prove that his faith in god will not interfere with his service to his country. stacy cohan, fox 5 news.

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we are here because they have cooking classes that teach you how to make your own baby food and toddler food. and they are so popular, they had to sign up for another one that will happen this weekend. we'll give you the details about that. but here is the concept. baby food is very expensive. this is a way to not only be more economical about feeding your children, but also be more healthy, more all natural. they'll show you how to make great things that are good for your children. and a know these days we talk about food allergies which a lot of kids have. they'll show you how to change the recipes up to make sure your kids will have something that is good for them and something they like eating. no picky kids after coming to this class. and we do have a 1-year-old coming out this morning to be our official taster. we have the real deal happening

this morning. gurvir. >> thanks, holly. that will do it for the 6:00 hour. time to say good morning to allison. if -- it feels like a month since i've seen you. >> thank you. it came down to the final moments. but before the deadline stephen strasburg became a member of the washington nationals. details ofa multi-million dollar deal coming up. and a vaccine is expected sometime this fall for swine flu. but now we're learning for a major delay for a majority of the doses. and this morning we're tracking hurricane bill. he is -- turning through the atlantic this morning. we'll get the latest on fox 5 morning news. we'll start off with a view of the american legion bridge out on the beltway. traffic is moving